An Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate (EMT-I) through performance of patient assessments and provision of emergency medical care, strives to meet the goals of preventing and reducing mortality and morbidity due to illness and injury. Paramedics primarily provide care to emergency patients in an out-of-hospital setting. The EMTI program prepares the graduate for a career as a certified EMT-Intermediate. A graduate of the EMTI program is a highly skilled, health care provider.

The curriculum includes a balance of EMTI and college level courses. The EMTI courses are designed to assist the student to maintain high-quality patient care. The graduate will be able to recognize, assess, and manage medical emergencies of acutely ill or injured persons in any pre-hospital settings along with administering emergency medications, performing advanced airway management, obtaining and reading electrocardiographs, and introducing intravenous lines. EMT Intermediates are responsible and accountable to medical direction, the public, and their peers. EMT Intermediates work in the field under the direction of a physician through written standing orders and radio communications.

Graduates of the program are eligible to sit for the National Registry of Emergency Technicians-Intermediate certification exam. A student completing the program will have the potential for employment as a EMT Intermediate in a pre-hospital or hospital setting.

Admittance to this program is by a selective process.

Candidates must submit to a background check, drug test, and interview. See Allied Health Students on page 11 of the College Catalog for Background and Drug Screen requirements.

Students must have current EMT-B certification to be admitted to this program.

Evaluation Sheets:

Summer Financial Aid Applications are now available. Students taking summer courses also need to submit a 2014-2015 FAFSA including New River CTC’s school code 039603. The deadline for Summer Financial Aid Applications is Friday, April 24, 2015.

Be sure to file your FAFSA! The deadline to be eligible for the West Virginia State Higher Education Grant is April 15, 2015. Need help completing the FAFSA? Contact Tammy Toney with the Educational Opportunity Center at
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or 304-929-3322.

The deadline to apply for December 2015 graduation is Friday, April 10, 2015.

The last day to drop a class with a “W” is Friday, April 10, 2015.

New River Community and Technical College Commencement is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, 2015 at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

Registration is underway for current New River CTC students through Friday, April 17.